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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
Because these titles are developed with the regional model in mind. In the regional model, there's only regionals and FRC championship. The student(s) selected by each team are semi-finalists, and those who win at the regional level are finalists for the award at Championship.
In a district format, there's simply too many students to consider them all at the DCMP alone (particularly in Michigan. As a result, the field is narrowed at the district event level.
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Makes sense. I follow you.
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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
There is no distinction in title between the district event and those that advance to the DCMP. Your student was one of the semi-finalists selected to proceed to the DCMP, but all the students nominated by their team are also semi-finalists.
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So just the ones who were singled out for recognition at district events are considered at the district championship, but all nominees, regardless of whether they are no longer in the running, are called semifinalists? I get it. It's just unnecessarily confusing to use the same term for the nominees who were knocked out of the running and the nominees who are moving on to the next phase to vie for finalist. I don't intend to take any of the honor away from the other nominees -- our team had another nominee, in fact, whom we adore and are very proud of -- but as one tasked with mentoring students to write news releases, I am always hammering at them for clarity and precision. This seems unnecessarily sloppy. So be it. At least now I have my answer!
Thanks, everyone!